Pin set.



No. 789,234.. PATENTED MAY 9, 1905.

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7 PIN SET. APPLIOATION FILED DEG. 10, 1904.

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UNITED STATES Patented May 9, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

I WALTER H. RICE, OF WARWICK, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO THE GEORGE L. VOSE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

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SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 789,234, dated. May 9, 1905.

Application filed December 10, 1904. Serial No. 236,410.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WALTER H. RICE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Warwick, in the county of Kent and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pin Sets, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to what are commonly known as pin setsthat is, a plurality of pins or brooches with chain connections adapted for use upon garments, particularly upon the back of infants dresses. Devices of this character have heretofore been made by forming eyelets of bent wire and soldering the same to the body portions of the pins. The strength of such eyelets is insufficient to sustain the strains thereon, and the loop or eyelet is softened and defaced by the heat involved in the application of solder thereto.

To avoid the above evils and furnish a strong, durable, and cheap structure, my invention consists in the novel structure and combination of pin parts hereinafter described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of a pin set embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a side elevation of a single pin or brooch; Figs. 3 and 4, detail views of the cup-blanks; Figs. 5 and 6, like views of the catch-blanks, and Fig. 7 v

a bottom plan view of a modified form of pin involving my invention.

Like reference-letters indicate like parts throughout the views.

My device involves a plurality of pins or brooches or members A A A of substantially similar contour, connected by the chains or cords B and B to hold the pins together and prevent loss thereof.

Each pin comprises the usual body or face a, to which are fixed a catch C and cup, housing, or joint D. The catch member C, as shown in Fig. 5, is struck from a sheet of metal into a body 0 of nearly oval outline, with lugs 0' and 0 upon one side. The latter has a perforation 0 This blank is then swaged into the form shown in Fig. 6, wherein c is the catch and 0 an upright lug. The

latter is then bent down into a plane at right angles to the plane of the catch. The cup D is also out from a blank into the form shown in Fig. 3, with three curved arms or projections d d 0Z which are respectively perforated 6 e 6 The projections are next swaged into an upright form, as shown in Fig. 4, the projections (Z OZ forming the walls of the cup and the perforations e furnishing the bearings for the pintle f. The vertical lug 01 is downwardly bent into a plane at right angles to the cup.

The catch C is fixed by solder or any other convenient means to the pin-body a, with the lug 0 projecting laterally. The cup D is also fixed to body a, with the lug 0Z laterally projecting from the cup in a direction opposite to that of the lug c Mounted upon the pintlef, which traverses the cup D, is the pin-tongue 9, whose point is adapted to engage in the catch C.

The chains B B have their ends engaged in the perforations e and c of the lugs (Z and 0 respectively. As seen in Fig. 2, the lugs c and d are somewhat elevated from or above the body a to provide for the ready introduction of the ends of the chains, as will be readily understood. Additional lugs integral with the catch and cup may be employed without departing from the spirit of my invention. Such a structure is shown in Fig. 7, where the additional members are shown as c and cl. Obviously additional chains are employed with this modified structure.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a pin set, the combination with a plurality of pin'members having bodies, and pins, of lugs upon each of the members near each end of each pin, and the lugs having chainattaching means elevated above the plane of each body, and chains engaged with the chainattaching means for connecting the adjacent members.

2. In a pin set, the combination with a plurality of pin members having bodies, and pins, of "lugs upon each of the members near each end of each pin, said lugs being partly in a plane above each body and oppositely disposed of the pins and perforated for the reception of member-connecting means.

3. In a pin set, the combination with a plurality of pin members having bodies and pins, cups mounted on the said members, lugs integral with the cups, catches also mounted upon said members, lugs integral with the catches, and chains connecting the lugs, said lugs being oppositely disposed of the pins and elevated above the plane of the pinbodies.

4. In apin set, a pin, a body, a part on the pin near one end thereof, a part on the pin near the other end, and each part having a perforated lug elevated above the plane of the body.

5. In a pin set, a pin, a body, a part on the pin near each end thereof, and each part having a perforated lug elevated above the plane of the body, said lugs being extended in opposite directions of the pin.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my si nature in presence of two witnesses.

WALTER H. RICE.

Witnesses:

HORATIO E. BELLOWS, WILLIAM E. BROWN. 

